Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-12
FIRE ON EAST PARK STREET.
The New York Restaurant aud R0gan's
Saloon Gutted-HerOic Work Of
the Fire Department.

At II o'clock last evening the fire alarm
bells rang out on the clear night air and the
Jews soon spread that a fire WAS in pro.
from all directions; the saloons and gam.
bling houses were quickly emptied, and the
hose reels dashed up on the double.
The fire originated in a front room in
Mrs. Charles F. Ramsey's New
York Restaurant and boarding house.
aud was making lively Roadway when the
department arrived. The house in front
is a one-story frame, rising to two stories
in the rear, and accommodates about forty
boarders. The W one-story frames or
the east, being small, were quickly
emptied OF their contents by willing volun.
teers. and the contents deposited in the
rear in places Of safety. On the west side
was Tommy Rogan's saloon. In the real
of the latter was G~oodinhoffen's black.
smith shop, adjoining which. on the east, IL
Mr.. Henn+ssy's private residence fronting
on Wyoming street.
At the first brunt it seemed as though
the department were going to have an easy
task and the crowd cheered an the bright
glow on East Park street subsidized, to be
followed by a heavy volume of smoke.
But from the inf1ammable nature of the
material it bad to work upon and the diff.
ficnlty OF access to the small rooms and
passages in which the fire lodged,
the insidious flames crept in
every direction and in thirty
minutes after the alarm struck the
fire gained such Roadway as to drive the
hremen out of the house and overcoming
all opposition took fierce possession OF
the roof of the saloon and defed the
firemen.
At this time the scene from the corner
OF Wyoming and Park was thrilling. A
lnrld light from the burning rear of the
New York Restaurant, aided by a brilliant
null moon. made surrounding objects light
as day. The jewellers in Rogan's saloon.
who seemed to take a mad
pleasure in drinking under the immediate
prospect OF having the burning roof fall on
them, were yelling and raising the mischief.
and volumes of smoke rolled eastward.
The sidewalks on the south side Of Park
and on Wyoming were crowded. The
flames quickly engulfed the saloon, a. deen
o%ne-story affair, and Mr.. Hennessv's build
ing northeast of the saloon, and separated
by the blacksmith shop from it, seemed in
imminent danger. when, by a supreme ef-
tort, the fire laddies redoubled their
Efforts, and the destroying element
was confined within the places it had al
ready made victims OF it's fury. The res
t~aurant and clearinghouse and the a.
were completely Quilted. Nothing was
saved out Of tie clearinghouse but the
stove. and ice-chcst and fixtures were the
only contents not saved out of Rogan's
place.
The Parrott Mine whistle gave the alarm
ten minute before the fire bell sounded.
Chief Jollev says he came up on q unit the
moment he heard the alarm and inst az he
got in front of the building, which see ned q
mass OF flames beyord the doorway, a
th'"k set man dressed in dark clothes
by him and dashed into the fur
mace OF seething flame. The supposition ia
nat ne got through and came out at the
rear.
A drunken hurley fellow came IN at the
instant, and with an oath. cried |
Let me in" Just then a volume ~ Eve
through the passage way, and .JolIev
made a dash for the craz w Greatness col
ar yanked him back from certain
leath. 'eio"i"
me insurance on the boarding house wa.
II 200 on building and $500 on the fnrn;,
ure. Rogan had no insurance m tho
of which he was the owner. H;s
oss IS probably $1,000. Mrs. Rameev's
oss on furniture was about $1,000, She !
vas not at home at the time, but wasduwn
n South Butte. Her husband keeps the
Hotel there and a party vas in
'roeress at the time. at which she and
ONE OF her boarders were present. She
rived on the ground when the fla mes
,ere nearly extinguished. She had over
1oo N a bureau drawer, but last night
ome gnod genius prompted her to take
bis with her. ~ 'aAe
The tremen worked hard and had ore.+
1m'cnIeles to contend with in fighting
ne ame At one time it seemed "a
noneh there were too many assuming the
lrectlon OF affairs. but when tho te
an snurted around in the crowd a few
mes me offcious part of the crowd fol,
o"eir own
nose NO: 2 started to run to the fire
n the rink when some one said it wv was ,' .
o fiapm and they put the reel back nm.
l"m down. ~ ono hurried
No. made attachment .t tho o
40 NO. 3 soon followed after. 'ofner